Apollo Hospitals is the largest healthcare group in Asia, with over 7000 beds in 38 hospitals, a string of nursing and hospital management colleges, dual lifelines of pharmacies and diagnostic clinics providing a safety net across Asia. Apollo Hospitals is a healthcare powerhouse you can trust with your life.
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Profile on two international students at Curtin University of Technology in Perth, Western Australia. Most of the video is in German.
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The rising costs of medical treatment in the US have fueled a medical tourism exodus. Medical tourism is when citizens of highly developed nations bypass services offered in their own communities and travel to less developed areas of the world for medical care. Estimates suggest up to 500000 Americans each year are travelling abroad to receive elective medical and surgical care at costs of 50-80% of those found in the US There are many reasons why medical tourism is thriving and some of these reasons are described in a recent study.
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Question by Happy Feet: Will I be able to practice NURSING in the UK if I have got a full MEDICAL degree from abroad?
Recently I have received my medical degree and completed my full pre-registration training outside the UK. However, I would like to become a registered nurse instead of a doctor.
Firstly, a Daily Mail article has claimed that staff nurses registered abroad can come into the UK and practice – they don’t have to take any tests. Is that correct?
Will I have to study for the full-time 3-year nursing degree in the UK? Or will my medical degree be taken into account?
Yep, my degree is fine, it is fully recognised by the GMC.

Best answer:

Answer by RoaringMice
You can’t train to become a doctor and work as an RN. Nurses and doctors’ jobs are not the same. You haven’t received the right training to be a nurse. But I wonder… contact some nursing programs near you. Ask them if you can be granted any sort of advanced standing into their nursing program, due to your foreign medical degree.

Keep in mind that not all foreign medical degrees are acceptable in the UK. Those from some countries are not. Is yours okay?

You know… another idea is to see if you can’t get into an MS nursing program, with your BS in medicine. That’s worth a question.

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www.abroaderview.org Volunteer Abroad Argentina Buenos Aires Health Care Medical Nurse Dentist Programs

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Medical volunteers in Bolivia, at the same time as doing their main work at the Burns Unit of Viedma Hospital and the Centro de Salud Sarcobamba, have taken part in important community projects. These have included vaccination programmes and dental hygiene campaigns.

The vaccination campaign was organised by the Head Doctor at the Centro de Salud Sarcobamba who passed a huge “Gracias” to Projects Abroad for providing her and her staff with “caring and dedicated volunteers.” The volunteers helped the local medical staff to vaccinate over 600 school children against Yellow Fever and Tetanus in schools in and around Cochabamba, where the Projects Abroad office is based.

Medical volunteers have the opportunity to gain experience in a wide variety of areas, including physiotherapy, nursing and assisting with surgery at the Burns Unit, as well as paediatrics, gynaecology and pharmaceutics at the Centro de Salud Sarcobamba. Working on the medical projects can be challenging and emotional at times, but the medical staff appreciate the volunteers’ help, and medicine in Bolivia is one of the most rewarding projects in which to get involved.

Current medical volunteer, Kyle Saggers from Australia, says “Bolivia is incredible. I can safely say I have never been this happy in my entire life. This is an awesome experience and when I get home I will be recommending it to all of my friends.” Kyle has decided to extend his stay in Bolivia to continue his medical placement.

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Bachelor of Nursing with International preparation at Saint Louis University in Madrid Spain.

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Forbes
Open-Heart Surgery–90% off

1.A patient was in need of complicated heart surgery. His hospital said the cost would be $200,000 and wanted $100,000 up front. The patient’s son, a medical student, knew of the medical tourism industry and arranged for his father to have the operation overseas. The complicated surgery was a success. The cost: $6,700.

How is this possible? Excellent hospitals can be built overseas without the bureaucratic red tape found in the U.S., thereby saving construction time. Construction costs are lower, as are nursing, physician and administrative expenses.

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$400 per day, per patient (room and board covers mortgage, util and ma)
$25 per day, per patient, per nurse (8 patients per nurse)
$200 per hour, per surgeon (5 hours avg heart surgery, 4 surgeons)
cardiovascular surgeon (1)
Surgeon – Heart Transplant” in the United States is $405,725.
assisting surgeons (2)
about half of the surgeon $200,000
cardiovascular anesthesiologist (1)
$250,000
perfusion technologist, who runs the heart-lung machine (1)
$105,000
cardiovascular nurses (2)
$65,000
$100 per hour testing (4 hours per day)
Common Blood Tests Before Surgery
* CBC: The Complete Blood Count
* Chem 7: The Blood Chemistry Panel
* Liver Function Panel (Liver Function Tests, LFTs)
* PT/PTT/INR (Coagulation Study)
* Arterial Blood Gas (ABG)
Non-Invasive Testing Before Surgery
* Magnetic Resonance Imagining (MRI)
* Computed Tomography (CT Scan, Cat Scan) and CT Scan Video
* X-ray and X-ray Video
* Ultrasound
Testing Your Heart Before Surgery
* Electrocardiogram (EKG)
* Cardiac Stress Test
* Angiogram
* Echocardiogram

Lease (Mercedes-Benz $54,650 $769 per month)
heart-lung machine
pharmaceutical
10% of health care.

5 days, avg hospital stay for heart surgery
3-5 open heart cases per week per surgeon

COST PER PATIENT
$2,000 room and board
$500 administration
$500 medical equipment lease costs
$2,000 tests
$750 nurse care (2 nurses per patient, 24 hour care)
$4,000 5 hours, 4 surgeons
$1,050 pharmaceutical

TOTAL $10,800
TOTAL PLUS 20% FOR UNINSURED $12,960 (20% of all care)
TOTAL PLUS 6.2% FOR UNINSURED $11,470 (31% of care is hospital)
PERCENTAGE OF UNINSURED & UNABLE TO PAY

INDUSTRY TOTALS FOR HEART SURGARY ALONE
Total open-heart procedures 694,000
US Population 304,059,724 – Jul 2008
Percent of surgeries less then 1% (2/10 of 1% .002)

$2,000 room and board (1.3 billion per year)
$500 administration (347 million per year)
$1,050 pharmaceutical (728 million per year)
$500 medical equipment lease costs (347 million per year)
$2,000 tests (1.3 billion per year)
$750 nurse care (520 million in nurse care per year)
$4,000 5 hours (2.7 billion in surgeon care per year)

The avg cost for a family health insurance policy over $10,000 per year
The avg cost for single payer health insurance policy over $4,900 per year.

Avg monthly cost per single payer over $390
Avg monthly cost for avg heart surgery payed over 3 years at 10% interest $348

LESS THEN 1% of individuals will need heart surgery

SOURCES
1.http://members.forbes.com/forbes/2007/0813/021.html
2.http://ezinearticles.com/?Heart-Surgery-Costs—Why-You-Should-Consider-India&id=102032
3.http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/open-heart-surgery.html
4.http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/health/2005-09-14-family-health-policy_x.htm
5.http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4674
6.http://news.opb.org/article/3527-er-visits-uninsured-increasing-number-and-cost/
7.http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/FASTATS/ervisits.htm
8.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_care_in_the_United_States
9.http://www.heart-valve-surgery.com/heart-surgeon-salary.php
10.http://www.clarian.org/portal/Clarian/clarian-arnett?ContentID=/hospitals-locations/clarian-arnett/news-media/news-announcements/20090708_100th-open-heart-surgery.xml
11.http://www.texasheart.org/HIC/Topics/Proced/index.cfm
12.https://www.perfusion.com/cgi-bin/ProductCart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=37
13.http://www.apep.uci.edu/der/buildingintegration/2/BuildingTemplates/Hospital.aspx
14.http://surgery.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?zi=1/XJ&sdn=surgery&cdn=health&tm=47&f=20&su=p284.9.336.ip_p736.8.336.ip_&tt=2&bt=1&bts=0&zu=http%3A//www.stanfordhospital.com/clinicsmedServices/COE/surgicalServices/generalSurgery/patientEducation/tests
15.http://www.nchc.org/facts/cost.shtml

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Our projects are located in Marrakesh, one of the Imperial cities and the capital of the south of Morocco. It is a city of immense beauty, low, red and tent like before a great shaft of the Atlas Mountains. As a historical and cultural crossroad, Marrakesh offers a diverse mix of Berber, Oriental, and Spanish-Moorish artistic culture which is proudly displayed in the architecture and the decoration of the entire city. Marrakesh comprises both an old fortified city, the Medina and an adjacent modern city.

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Nurses scrubs, medical scrubs hospital uniforms that are made in the USA are not easy to find.  Nurses uniforms aside, any clothing item made in the USA is a rarity.  In fact, ninety-seven percent of all clothing sold in the United States is no longer made in the U.S.  However, on some tags, the words “Made in the USA” might even mean the clothes were made in Guam, Puerto Rico and the Marinas Islands, which are U.S. territories and possessions that don’t necessarily have to pay workers the U.S. minimum wage but can still use the ‘Made in the USA’ phrase. 

U.S. content must be disclosed on labels in clothing, furs and cars.  But do people care more about the origin of the item or the cost associated with that item?  Is the manufacturing tag on the hospital uniforms more important than the price tag?  And, why do products that are American-made cost more?  If the company does not have to pay importing fees, one would think that the product would cost less.  The fact of the matter is that it is a labor-intensive industry, so wherever a company can find the cheapest labor is probably where the production is going to go.  Companies that import their products hurts the American textile worker.  However, being able to purchase cheaper goods also helps the American consumer – they can wear a Made in China set of medical scrubs in the colors red, white and blue and can still hang onto their green.  Seventy-seven percent of Americans said that price is the most important factor when buying clothes, which includes medical uniforms.

Shopping for nurses scrubs and medical scrubs online, it is easy to find several retailers who actually advertise ‘imported cotton’ or ‘imported poly/cotton.’  However, it is difficult to find ‘Made in the USA.’  One scrubs online retail shop, blue sky scrubs, advertises that all of their products are handmade in the USA – and their prices make their claim believable.  Clearly, the companies that sell medical scrubs online for $4.99 per item are importing their products.  They are likely purchasing their fabric overseas as well.  The CEO of blue sky scrubs admits to previously ordering their products from the Dominican Republic.  However, since they had started manufacturing their products in the USA, after ordering just one large order of nurses scrubs and surgical scrub hats from the Dominican Republic, blue sky scrubs quickly switched back to their Houston, TX scrubs manufacturer.  Apparently, the difference in quality was astonishing.  The handful of people who sew the Houston-made scrubs do not use machines.  Every item is hand-cut, hand-measured, and hand-sewn.  Of course, there are drawbacks to sporting the USA label.  First, the prices have to be higher to account for the cost of labor in the United States, as well as the cost of the fabric and the cost to keep the utilities on and pay the rent for the building where the scrubs are made.  The cost of living and employing is higher, therefore the cost of the nursing scrubs reflect that.  One of the other drawbacks to having the USA made medical uniforms is that since each item is hand-cut and hand-sewn, there are bound to be variations between sizes.  For example, not all of their small scrub tops are exactly the same “small.”  There can be up to 1/2 inch variation in each item, which some medical professional who wear scrubs do not like, especially since the price is higher than other scrubs such as Cherokee or Dickies scrubs.  Also, the selection of these hand-sewn scrubs is limited.  Urbane scrubs have many colors and styles.  Sewing scrubs and scrub hats by hand is a tedious process, so although the American scrubs company may want to expand their line, the likelihood of that being in the near future is slim.  Additionally, keeping the popular scrubs in stock is difficult because they take longer to make than those scrubs that are mass-made by a machine.  Even so, the loyal customers who have purchased the scrubs that are made by an American hand rarely want to go back to the other options, regardless of cost, selection, and availability.  Therefore,even though there are Cons, these American-made scrubs will continue their manufacturing in the US.

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There are many people today who are interested to study abroad in various medical universities not just because they provide very good education but also the opportunities provided by them to explore a career are notable.  Due to the quality of education provided by many colleges in different countries many students are now as firing to study abroad and make the best career in the fields they are interested into.  There are various International medical universities that are now providing opportunities for various students belonging to different countries to come and study in Europe.  There are many places in Europe including Poland, Romania, central and Eastern Europe where you can take admission and pursue your medical education. You can take the help of some popular and trusted agent to study abroad in Europe. The formalities and conditions laid by these universities are very little and can be easily fulfilled. The thing of major concern is your funds. The rate of the currency differs from country to country. You will have to calculate what kind of money you will need in order to take admission in the medical schools in Europe.  From some of the formalities that you may have to fulfill that are set by the university’s include minimum eligibility criteria- that implies that you have to fulfill a certain level of education in your own country before taking admission in any of the medical colleges in Europe.  If most of the colleges that are providing a chance for people belonging to different countries to come and study in Europe are taking good care of all the students and have also provided them with the best accommodation facilities so that they can live peacefully and adjust to the new environment. 

If you also are interested to study abroad then you must contact the nearest local agency that has been established by these schools and universities in your locality to provide you with all the required information.  When you can’t at such a consultant and agents you get to know the actual procedure and the formalities that you have to complete in order to take admission in top medical colleges in Europe.  You can realize your dream to study abroad by taking admission in any of the colleges but you may have to work a little hard so that you can give your career a great start after completing your degree from such reputed and recognized colleges. In order to study in Europe and you may have to take few examinations that are held a compulsory by these colleges to check that students taking admission in it are eligible, and are able to understand the language of education that is used in such colleges.  But the rules and regulations may differ from one college to another and you may not have to take any examination for particular colleges and schools to get admitted in it.  You must get all the information from the university itself to know if you have to appear for a particular examination 

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Chapter 07 — Overseas Nurses Experience at Dalcross Interviews with Overseas trained Nurses – Visit www.dalcross.com for further information on Australia’s leading private specialist surgical hospitals.

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